On Jon Stewart mocking CNBC and Cramer

Jon Stewart openly mocking CNBC and its unquestioning groupie worship of the financial world is something both new and welcome, especially considering that it has gotten such major attention. This signals, I think, a sea change in how the public views the world of finance.

Are CNBC and Jim Cramer gaming the market?

So asks John Amato at C&L, citing a wealth of articles and sources. Read them all. It goes way beyond gaming the market by naked shorting and a compliant media. There’s hedge funds with organized crime money, a money culture that ignored laws (while regulators snoozed), illegal manipulation of stocks, and much more.

There [...]

Business Insider upset by that harsh Jon Stewart

Better get a hankie for Business Insider who are upset by Jon Stewart’s dreadfully unfair savaging of CNBC and their idol worship of billionaires combined with cream puff reporting.

Q: When’s the last time CNBC did real investigative reporting or asked a CEO a genuinely tough question?

A: (crickets)

At the same time that [...]

Jon Stewart reams CNBC, Santelli, Cramer

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The Daily Show With Jon StewartM – Th 11p / 10c CNBC Gives Financial Advice

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This is a hoot. Stewart demolishes the groupies at CNBC who idolize billionaires and who have given [...]